Civil War Veterans

Many local men served during the Civil War in the Union Army, Company D, Twenty-second Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers. This regiment recruited in Bergen County in the summer of 1862.

Mr. Westwood has located the graves of a number of local Company D, Twenty-second Infantry Regiment Civil War veterans in Westwood Cemetery:

John C. Ackerson
Born ????.
Died April 11, 1893.

Abraham D. BlauveltBorn 1841.
Died 1883.

John J. BlauveltBorn ????.
Died April 22, 1911.

Lucas C. BlauveltBorn 1844.
Died 1928.

William J. BlauveltBorn 1843.
Died 1908.

Abraham B. BogertBorn July 9, 1847.
Died April 11, 1925 in Westwood, NJ.

Reputed to have been the youngest member of Company D, entering service at the age of 15. Note the GAR symbol at the top left side of his grave marker. On the right side of his grave marker is the symbol of the Odd Fellows’ fraternal organization present in Westwood at the time. The three links are an allusion to its three principal tenets: Friendship, Love and Truth.

Isaac D. BogertBorn August 25, 1834.
Died May 7, 1918.

Westwood’s first Mayor, he deeded the parcel of land on the West side of Madison Avenue, where the bandstand is located, to the Borough of Westwood in 1894.

James M. BogertBorn 1841.
Died 1907.

August M. CollignonBorn 1835.
Died 1921.

Nicholas CollignonBorn September 11, 1828.
Died June 25, 1878.

Thomas W. DemarestDied December 31, 1903.

John F. HeringBorn 1842.
Died 1911.

Abram A. HopperBorn 1833.
Died 1913.

David L. LockwoodBorn 1928.
Died 11/27/1919.

Felix A. McCoskerBorn ????.
Died ????.

Genest M. OttignonBorn January 27, 1840.
Died November 11, 1926 in Westwood, NJ.

Westwood’s first Fire Chief, he deeded a parcel of land on the East side of Madison Avenue, where the Train Station is located, to the Borough of Westwood in 1914.

Nicholas S. OttignonBorn August 2, 1837.
Died July 18, 1916 in Westwood, NJ.

Owen L. RumseyBorn February 21, 1843.
Died March 24, 1891.

Walter H. RumseyBorn February 22, 1837.
Died March 9, 1906.

Daniel W. SmithBorn 1843.
Died 1915.

Charles E. Van BuskirkBorn February 23, 1844.
Died October 12, 1906.

William H. Van OrdenBorn April 12, 1841.
Died February 9, 1913.

Henry P. WesterveltBorn ????.
Died November 14, 1885.

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2 responses to “Civil War Veterans”

Thank you for posting these photos. Our family connects to several Westwood families. Collignons, Duries, Herings, and Blauvelts are in our family tree. We have included these records in our genealogy online.